Prophets Breakdown

Prophets before the Prophets Books

Prophet	Time Period	Audience	Main Emphasis
Moses	c. 1400 BC	Israel	Law, covenant foundation
Samuel	c. 1050 BC	Israel	Transition to monarchy
Nathan	David’s reign	King David	Confronted David’s sin
Elijah	c. 850 BC	Northern Kingdom	Against Baal worship
Elisha	c. 850-800 BC	Northern Kingdom	Against idols

Pre Exile

Prophet	Time Period	Audience	Main Emphasis
Jonah	c. 785–760 BC	Nineveh (Assyria)	Nineveh’s sin
Joel**	c. 830–800 BC	Judah	Repentance & Day of the LORD
Amos	c. 760–750 BC	Israel (North)	Justice for oppressed
Hosea	c. 755–715 BC	Israel	God’s faithful love
Isaiah	c. 740–680 BC	Judah	Holiness & coming King
Micah	c. 735–700 BC	Judah	Destruction and Restoration
Nahum	c. 660–630 BC	Nineveh (Assyria)	Nineveh’s judgment
Zephaniah	c. 640–620 BC	Judah	Day of the LORD coming
Habakkuk	c. 610–597 BC	Judah	Faith amid injustice
Obadiah**	c. 586 BC	Edom	Edom’s judgment for pride & violence

**Joel’s years aren’t well agreed upon

**Obadiah in the picture below is placed closer to Joel, but scholars generally agree with later time

During Exile 

Prophet	Time Period	Location	Main Emphasis
Jeremiah	c. 627–580 BC	Judah to Egypt	Judgment and New Covenant
Ezekiel	c. 593–571 BC	Babylon	God’s glory in exile
Daniel	c. 605–535 BC	Babylon	God rules kingdoms

After Exile

Prophet	Time Period	Audience	Main Emphasis
Haggai	520 BC	Returned exiles	Rebuild worship
Zechariah	520–518 BC (visions)	Returned exiles	Future Messiah
Malachi	c. 450–430 BC	Restored Judah	Heart obedience

400 years of silence follow

Esther, Ezra and Nehemiah are not prophets but the books fall during Post-Exile (Persia)

From: https://www.biblequestions.org/bqar410.html

From:https://www.biblechronologytimeline.com/biblechronologytimeline7.html